N-Methoxy-N-methyl-4-(5-trifluoromethyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-benzamide → Cyclohexyl-[4-(5-trifluoromethyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-phenyl]-methanone

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A solution of N-Methoxy-N-methyl-4-(5-trifluoromethyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-benzamide (Preparative Example 15, 300 mg, 1.0 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was treated with a 1 N THF solution of cyclohexylmagnesium bromide (4 mL, 4 mmol) and stirred for 2 hr then quenched with a saturated ammonium chloride solution (2 mL) and diluted with EtOAc (10 mL). The organic layer was then washed with brine (2×10 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, evaporated in vacuo and the residue chromatographed on silica gel with EtOAc/hexanes (5 then 10%) as eluant to afford product as a colorless solid (81 mg, 25%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) 1.26-1.58 (m, 5 H), 1.74-1.94 (m, 5 H), 3.23-3.32 (m, 1 H), 7.09 (s, 1 H), 7.79 (d, J=8.3, 2 H), 7.87 (d, J=8.3, 2 H). 19F NMR −64.6. LC/MS 7.79 min, [M+1]+ 324.

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